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Re: DP 'Auto Ultimate' & Dinafem 'Critical Jack' in Coco

PostPosted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 11:46 am
by Autoberry
AU2 could well beat that tee !!....... how many days was AU1 drying in bags bro !! what was air temp ??......... did u dry in the tent at 26-28c ?? Nice harvest teetee my friend.... been waiting for that moment, since i 1st looked into the mini cab of your first grow........ this is a long way from there bro........ nice, hope the misses dont keep you up to late bro !! Autoberry

Re: DP 'Auto Ultimate' & Dinafem 'Critical Jack' in Coco

PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:18 am
by teetee
I took AU1 down in stages.... the left side came off on 1st Aug.... about 3 ounces..... the rest came down over 3 days a week or so later. I stopped watering them for 2 days before harvesting, and for AU2, I had the lights off as well. I took off all remaining leaves and the sweetleaf, all bagged and in the freezer. The few AU2 buds that got mould also went in the freezer to bubblehash or put in some baking parchment and squeeze with some hair straightners to extract the oil for a crafty dab....

I dried them in small batches in paper bags hanging in a sock drier like you said in the grow room... not the tent, at around 18-24C and RH around 54-65% although the fan heater has been on at nights quite a bit, so that will have affected things.

Some of the larger colas, I hung in a big perforated cardboard box with string threaded through it at the top, and I stuck it on top of the tent for warmth. Once nearly dry, I snipped the individual buds off and paper bagged them for a day or two.

Here's the box in action from the Critical Jack / Chronic Ryder grow I did last year....
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but this time the colas were much longer and thicker :lol:

I checked each batch of bags after 4 days, and I found that after 4-5 days, the buds were dried enough.... I tested them in jars using a cigar hygrometer, and made sure they were 62% or just below. The buds are all jarred up with Boveda 62's as we speak/type/read!

You taught me well Bro
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Re: DP 'Auto Ultimate' & Dinafem 'Critical Jack' in Coco

PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 11:05 am
by ledbud
well done bro, that is crazy.
star grow.
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Re: DP 'Auto Ultimate' & Dinafem 'Critical Jack' in Coco

PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:11 pm
by Autoberry
ledbud wrote:well done bro, that is crazy.
star grow.
:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:


I will second that LB bro..... the man did superb.
And it looks like he is going to stick with the girls he now knows inside out AutoUltimate, and Critical. a nice balanced choice.... superb.
And who could blame him !! They is some heavy weight "Dutch Dames" !!

few can head towards those weights gene wise. Except the "AutoMazer" and would love to see him do one of those !!...... am contemplating Mazer right now. But she is indica dom, rather than Sat dom....... but you cant have it all, all the time !! But do hold the world Auto Yield record, of 700g Plus !! mental genetics "Henk Style" !! yey. Autoberry

Re: DP 'Auto Ultimate' & Dinafem 'Critical Jack' in Coco

PostPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:40 am
by teetee
I wonder if my water is the magic secret in this grow..... we have rainwater collected from our roof, it's clean, but there's loads of bats at night...... maybe my rainwater is guano enriched?
It reads as EC 0, but that could be anything from 0 to 0.9 with the Bluelab measuring instruments..... esp the truncheon. It isn't very accurate, EC should be available to 0.1 accuracy to be of any real help. Maybe I should switch to ppm.......
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Re: DP 'Auto Ultimate' & Dinafem 'Critical Jack' in Coco

PostPosted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:18 pm
by teetee
Autoberry wrote:AU2 could well beat that tee !!.......


Bro, you were right..... fucking hell, I can't believe it, but here goes..........

Auto Ultimate 2, the hedge, is dried to 62% and weighed before curing. I have run out of vessels to store all this bud.... there's weed everywhere.

I am pleased to announce the mega load weight of (drum roll) 602.1g...... 21.24 ounces.

If you add the AU1 weight of 529.8g, thats 1131.9g..... over a kilo from 2 Autos! 39.92 ounces for fucks sake.

As you might expect, I haven't rushed to plant anything new just yet.... I think we've got more than 15 weeks worth of smoke there!
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Re: DP 'Auto Ultimate' & Dinafem 'Critical Jack' in Coco

PostPosted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 10:45 pm
by ledbud
amazing grow teetee bro, was this in 1.2x1.2m tent.
well done,
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Re: DP 'Auto Ultimate' & Dinafem 'Critical Jack' in Coco

PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 1:54 am
by teetee
ledbud wrote:amazing grow teetee bro, was this in 1.2x1.2m tent.
well done,
:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:


cheers mate, I studied your automazar grow many times during this one.... especially with regard to transplanting into larger airpots.... I think that was one of the many factors here.

It's a 1.4x1.4m, but it sags in massively to 1.1 LOL, but only in the middle.... these girls were way above that.

This grow has been a chance to compare lots of lighting configurations, I had 600W MH, 600W HPS, Helios 6, Helios Pro2s and Photon 6 to play with......

AU1 had MH 600W and the AU2 had Helios 6 and a Helios Pro 2 during veg... about the same, Watt for Watt. and in bloom the AU1 had the Photon 6 and 2x Helios Pro2s, and the AU2 had a Helios 6 an a Photon 6..... both plants were roughly the same in terms of size and yield. AU2 had less issues with heat stress, but that might be due to better airflow.

It was too hot to use HPS in flowering, the plants were too big by then :lol: .

With AU2, I also had an opportunity to compare Helios versus Photon.... in the end, again, both were similar in terms of yield and size. I noticed the Helios side was wider but the colas on the Photon side were deeper and the buds slightly chunkier. The photons have a narrower field of coverage, but penetrate deeper into the plant. The only issue with this is that the fan leaves in bushy plants may prevent light penetration. I moved the photons a couple of inches every few days to change the light flow. I try not to pluck any leaves at all throughout the grow, I figure they store all the sugars and energy etc the plant needs for good big flowers.

I noticed the Helios Pro 2s were more powerful than the standard Helios.... 2x Pro 2's were almost on a par with the Helios 6, and buds flowering under the Pro's had more trich coverage and ripened earlier compared to the standard Helios.

With all this Sativa dominant bud sitting around, I have decided to grow an Indica or two..... Automatic Northern Hog (TH Seeds) and Blue Auto Mazar (Dutch Passion), are the options, but the Hog has reportedly big yields (350-550g/m2) and high potency (17% THC) and is 100% indica, as opposed to BAM, which I grew before.... a nice smoke but I didn't get massive yields. I might also do one more Auto Ultimate..... why not!
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Re: DP 'Auto Ultimate' & Dinafem 'Critical Jack' in Coco

PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:59 pm
by Autoberry
602 that beats Tangs AU at 558 (On UK420) bro........... yey, but then i allways did beat Tangs grows !!!...... and with correct dates too.... Autoberry

Re: DP 'Auto Ultimate' & Dinafem 'Critical Jack' in Coco

PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:29 am
by teetee
Funnily enough, Tang showed up late in the grow to have a nose around, then he ain't been seen since LOL
Someone else (Jorrilla?) did a kilo on one, but he had plasma and CO2.